By: Patterson S.B. No. 606 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the liability of certain transportation entities 1-2 providing public transportation and their independent contractors. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Article 6259, Revised Statutes, is 1-5 amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-6 (d) If a company is incorporated under Subsection (b) of 1-7 this article or under Section C, Article 2.01, Texas Business 1-8 Corporation Act, and the company provides excursion services 1-9 between two contiguous counties, with one county having a 1-10 population in excess of 1.5 million people and the second county 1-11 bordering the Gulf of Mexico, then the limitation of liability for 1-12 the excursion provider, together with any person or entity 1-13 providing equipment, property, or services to the excursion 1-14 provider, shall be $5 million per year if such excursion provider 1-15 has filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas a certificate of 1-16 insurance showing that it is the insured under a liability policy 1-17 with aggregate policy limits of $5 million for such year. 1-18 SECTION 2. SAVING PROVISION. The change in law made by this 1-19 Act applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after the 1-20 effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before 1-21 the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at 1-22 the time the action accrued, and the former law is continued in 1-23 effect for that purpose. 1-24 SECTION 3. PURPOSE. The past operation of an excursion 2-1 railroad service between Houston and Galveston has demonstrated an 2-2 important contribution to tourism and to the economic development 2-3 of the region, and the continued operation of such an excursion 2-4 service will further promote the economic vitality of the region. 2-5 SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect 2-6 September 1, 1993, and expires August 1, 1997. 2-7 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 2-8 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.